Day 8.

Well, had a bit of a lazy start today, think all the hours on the road are catching up with us.

Here are the photo's of Tumby Bay, where we stayed last night..

Had a quick walk around town, very dissapointed. Was not much there at all. Enough to live with but only the basics.

So we packed up and headed for Port Lincoln. Parked in the local woolworths and had a walk into town. That was better, some shops at last. We found a Government office that deals with driver related items. Went in to sort out our driving licences. Great news, we have only got to fill in a form and they will transfer our UK licence to give us an Aussie one. Of course there is a small handling fee, but no retest etc. Great. Could not complete this though, as we dont have an Aussie address yet....

We also found the local medical assurance office. In Oz you have to be registered with Medicare to entitle you to treatment etc. Great news, again we only had to fill a form out and they only wanted to see our Passports and Visas. Had to call back before 4pm as they could not register us as the computer had gone down. Called back and we are now registered. One step up the ladder.

Popped into woolworths to purchase lunch. Got back in van and drove to find a picnic spot.

Tracy was let loose with the camera again and took some pics of Northshields - overlooking Boston Bay.

We stopped at Wreck Bay for lunch. Watching the surfers. Funny that it seems nobody works in Australia, well not in the afternoon. Great spot for lunch, here are the photos.....

Then carried on down the road heading for a place called Lone Pine. Oh we ran out of Tarmac for the road and now were on a gravel road. Stopped several times for the photo taking..

Tracy saw a road sign that she wanted a picture of - just to prove that there are Kangaroos around, even got Emu's on this one.

Walking on the beach we did not see any Kangaroos but did find evidence of an Emu, his footprint in the sand.

Went back to Port Lincoln to pick up our Medicare cards and to buy the beer - Strange stuff out here. Bitter is not Bitter !!!!!!!!!

Found Port Lincoln caravan park and got a spot for the night. Nice location here, but quite busy, not many parks around....

Went for a walk along the beach and I dipped my toes in the water - bloody hell it was cold.
Tracy was quite happy standing on the rocks laughing at me....

Got my own back on her though - when I pointed out that on the way back to the park she was stood next to a 9 inch long Lizard who was sunning himself on the sign post. Great she left the camera in the van........ so no photo. Sorry.

Did not see too much wildlife today so the count is only :-

1 Blackbird.
1 Skink.

Will see what tomorrow brings.